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Israelis Block Syringes, Refrigerators for UNICEF Vaccination of Toddlers in Gaza
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Israelis Block Syringes, Refrigerators for UNICEF Vaccination of Toddlers in Gaza

Juan Cole

UNICEF said “1 in 5 infants have missed out on one or more vaccines. This is a big jump ahead of us in the coming days.”

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Former al-Qaeda leader invited to White House, Peaceful Muslim Mayor gets Cold Shoulder

Former al-Qaeda leader invited to White House, Peaceful Muslim Mayor gets Cold Shoulder

11/12/2025 By The Conversation

Fear & Loathing in the Halls of Academe: Trump’s Columbia U.

Fear & Loathing in the Halls of Academe: Trump’s Columbia U.

11/12/2025 By Tomdispatch

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Top 4 Republican Plagiarisms of the Democrats

Top 4 Republican Plagiarisms of the Democrats

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The scandal over Melania Trump’s stealing Michelle Obama’s lines for her convention speech should make us […]

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Iranian Hardliners Want to Stop Blocking Twitter — to Defeat Saudi Propaganda

Iranian Hardliners Want to Stop Blocking Twitter — to Defeat Saudi Propaganda

By Mahsa Alimardani | ( GlobalVoices.org) | – – A group of Iranian government hardliners, who typically stand at the forefront of policies curtailing freedom […]

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Authoritarianism
WikiLeaks Release 300K Emails Related to Turkey’s ruling Party

WikiLeaks Release 300K Emails Related to Turkey’s ruling Party

TeleSur | – – The group leaked the documents despite being under a major cyber attack for more than 24 hours by suspected allies of […]

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Rep. Steve King, White People and 'Civilization'

Rep. Steve King, White People and ‘Civilization’

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Rep. Steve King objected to a comment during a cable news discussion at MSNBC that this […]

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Plutocracy
GOP Convention Opens in City Pillaged by Its Policies

GOP Convention Opens in City Pillaged by Its Policies

TeleSur | – – Cleveland, once called the Mistake on the Lake, hosts nominating convention of the political party that authored its downfall Just a […]

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Israel/ Palestine
Israeli opposition leader warns of ‘uprising of hatred’ in Israel

Israeli opposition leader warns of ‘uprising of hatred’ in Israel

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog warned of what he called “growing hatred and racism” in Israel […]

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Christians
Newt Should Check out Mike Pence's Christian Sharia

Newt Should Check out Mike Pence’s Christian Sharia

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Newt Gingrich suggested late last week on cable tv that Muslim Americans should be asked if […]

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Iraq
Defeating ISIL in Iraq will Take Sunni-Shiite Reconciliation, not Just Tanks

Defeating ISIL in Iraq will Take Sunni-Shiite Reconciliation, not Just Tanks

London (Informed Comment) – As Iraqi, Kurdish and Syrian forces squeeze its territory in the Arab world and Turkey hunts down the group’s support networks […]

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Drones
Assassination by Robot is now US Policy

Assassination by Robot is now US Policy

By Rebecca Gordon | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Think of it as the Trojan Drone, the ultimate techno-weapon of American warfare in these […]

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